Avocados — Area harvested in Peru
Peru: Avocados — Area harvested was 63,111 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Avocados — Area harvested in Peru, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Peru recorded 63,111 ha for avocados — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 2.9% on the previous year and up 108.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, avocados — area harvested in Peru peaked at 64,979 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 3,900 ha, in 1961.
Peru ranks 4th of 91 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Avocados — Area harvested in Peru, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,900 ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,100 ha | +5.1% |
| 1963 | 4,400 ha | +7.3% |
| 1964 | 4,630 ha | +5.2% |
| 1965 | 4,455 ha | -3.8% |
| 1966 | 5,420 ha | +21.7% |
| 1967 | 5,334 ha | -1.6% |
| 1968 | 6,454 ha | +21.0% |
| 1969 | 8,980 ha | +39.1% |
| 1970 | 10,190 ha | +13.5% |
| 1971 | 10,888 ha | +6.8% |
| 1972 | 10,745 ha | -1.3% |
| 1973 | 10,827 ha | +0.8% |
| 1974 | 10,825 ha | -0.0% |
| 1975 | 9,635 ha | -11.0% |
| 1976 | 9,794 ha | +1.7% |
| 1977 | 9,580 ha | -2.2% |
| 1978 | 9,593 ha | +0.1% |
| 1979 | 9,575 ha | -0.2% |
| 1980 | 7,718 ha | -19.4% |
| 1981 | 7,656 ha | -0.8% |
| 1982 | 7,958 ha | +3.9% |
| 1983 | 7,640 ha | -4.0% |
| 1984 | 7,874 ha | +3.1% |
| 1985 | 6,823 ha | -13.3% |
| 1986 | 7,265 ha | +6.5% |
| 1987 | 7,674 ha | +5.6% |
| 1988 | 7,650 ha | -0.3% |
| 1989 | 7,540 ha | -1.4% |
| 1990 | 7,524 ha | -0.2% |
| 1991 | 7,710 ha | +2.5% |
| 1992 | 7,828 ha | +1.5% |
| 1993 | 8,159 ha | +4.2% |
| 1994 | 6,368 ha | -22.0% |
| 1995 | 6,115 ha | -4.0% |
| 1996 | 7,168 ha | +17.2% |
| 1997 | 7,246 ha | +1.1% |
| 1998 | 7,814 ha | +7.8% |
| 1999 | 8,169 ha | +4.5% |
| 2000 | 8,748 ha | +7.1% |
| 2001 | 10,263 ha | +17.3% |
| 2002 | 10,308 ha | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 11,163 ha | +8.3% |
| 2004 | 11,699 ha | +4.8% |
| 2005 | 11,762 ha | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 12,528 ha | +6.5% |
| 2007 | 13,603 ha | +8.6% |
| 2008 | 14,370 ha | +5.6% |
| 2009 | 16,292 ha | +13.4% |
| 2010 | 17,750 ha | +8.9% |
| 2011 | 19,339 ha | +9.0% |
| 2012 | 21,615 ha | +11.8% |
| 2013 | 25,753 ha | +19.1% |
| 2014 | 30,320 ha | +17.7% |
| 2015 | 33,590 ha | +10.8% |
| 2016 | 37,871 ha | +12.7% |
| 2017 | 39,629 ha | +4.6% |
| 2018 | 41,228 ha | +4.0% |
| 2019 | 47,905 ha | +16.2% |
| 2020 | 51,241 ha | +7.0% |
| 2021 | 55,382 ha | +8.1% |
| 2022 | 60,652 ha | +9.5% |
| 2023 | 64,979 ha | +7.1% |
| 2024 | 63,111 ha | -2.9% |
Peru compared with similar countries
- Peru's 63,111 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,487 ha, 25.4× the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Peru's 63,111 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 573 ha, 110.1× the median. (26 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,297 ha | 3,900 ha | 8,980 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 10,165 ha | 9,575 ha | 10,888 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,580 ha | 6,823 ha | 7,958 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,410 ha | 6,115 ha | 8,169 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 12,074 ha | 8,748 ha | 16,292 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 31,500 ha | 17,750 ha | 47,905 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 59,073 ha | 51,241 ha | 64,979 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Peru
- 1 Mexico 253,044 ha compare
- 2 Colombia 120,941 ha compare
- 3 Indonesia 67,984 ha compare
- 5 Dominican Republic 55,817 ha compare
- 5 Viet Nam 16,744 ha compare
- 6 Haiti 34,225 ha compare
- 6 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 11,047 ha compare
- 7 Chile 33,025 ha compare
- 7 Democratic Republic of the Congo 9,484 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Peru
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 12.59 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0747 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 637.02 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.72 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.144 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 7.5% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 7.5% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is avocados — area harvested in Peru?
- Avocados — area harvested in Peru was 63,111 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest avocados — area harvested recorded in Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 64,979 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest avocados — area harvested recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,900 ha in 1961.
- How does Peru rank for avocados — area harvested?
- Peru ranks 4th out of 91 countries with data for 2024.
- Is avocados — area harvested rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is up 108.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Peru data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Avocados — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.